TALLAHASSEE — Sen. Geraldine Thompson, a long-serving legislator and “trailblazing” civil-rights leader from Central Florida, died after complications from knee surgery, her family announced Thursday.

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

A remedy to that fact arrived, finally, this month with “Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson,” just opened at the ...

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As one of the most famous athletes of all time, Muhammad Ali is not only remembered for his skills as a boxer, but his decades of civil rights activism.

In celebration of Black History Month, we take a deeper look into a historic project underway in Decatur that aims to educate ...

Last week, staff from the C.B. Nuckolls Community Center & Black History Museum paid a visit to Ironton High School, where they gave a presentation to students on the subject of local Black history ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the world’s largest museum dedicated to African-American history and culture. It’s one of the most visited museums in the United States, ...

Shutterstock Walking the Mississippi Civil Rights Trail Mississippi was one of the epicenters of the civil rights struggle in ...

The old F.W. Woolworth Department Store at what is now Elm Street and February One Place, houses the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, which draws nearly 100,000 visitors annually and ...

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov and Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova have been appointed to oversee the project ...

Library events: Leon County celebrates Black History Month with library events, resources ...